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I manage a department of talented producers, videographers and editors. We create videos for World Vision, a Christian humanitarian aid organization that works in nearly a hundred countries around the world. For the past ten years I've traveled all over the world documenting the lives and stories of people touched by World Vision's work.

"Tom, astonished to again hear about the insurgents and misunderstanding that side. Praying for total peace that side. Could you tell me what you are doing that side. Hope you won't have trouble. I have a friend and who has been a teacher in one…"

"Thank you for your response Frank. Your thoughts are true and your call for prayers and hope is admirable. I am in Burundi right now. A country facing trouble again. Keep them in your prayers as well.
God bless,
Tom"

"Thanks Tom for sharing, Sometimes we do not fully understand what the world has to offer. Similar things are happening in Burundi, South Sudan, Darfur etc Only what we have to offer is only prayers and hope that things might change. People must give…"

My son Nick just graduated from college. Way up in the bleachers, my wife Kari and I sat beaming as he strode proudly across the stage, diploma in hand. It was the culmination of a dream we weren’t always sure would come true. Every parent worries for their child’s future. It’s part of the job. But last month in Lebanon, I met…See More

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My son Nick just graduated from college. Way up in the bleachers, my wife Kari and I sat beaming as he strode proudly across the stage, diploma in hand. It was the culmination of a dream we weren’t always sure would come true. Every parent worries for their child’s future. It’s part of the…

“About a thousand people crowded about the pool that Sunday…their voices in chorus filled the air. Their hymns rose like great flights of birds above the belt of eucalyptus trees around the hotel and hovered over the neighboring hills.”

- A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali –

Today is Valentine’s Day. I spent mine by a pool in Rwanda. The same pool mentioned in the passage…

Today is World Malaria Day. That got me to thinking. A few years ago I traveled to Mozambique for World Vision to gather stories of lives that have been deeply affected by malaria. It wasn’t hard to find people that have had malaria there. They're everywhere, including among our staff. In some countries there is a “malaria season.” That’s the rainy season when mosquitoes breed in puddles of standing water. In Mozambique, malaria is a year-round health threat. But Mozambique isn’t…